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Can u tell me what is salivary amylase and what does it do in our mouth...and also pls tell what does it contains..???

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Salivary amylase is an enzyme produced by the salivary glands in the mouth. The salivary amylase is also known as Ptyalin. It helps to breakdown the complex starch into simple sugars like maltose in the mouth.

 

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our mouth contains saliva whixh secreates salivary amylase which helps in the proper mixation of food so that it becomes easier to digest....it also breaks down starch into sugar which easily digested by our body.

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our mouth contains saliva whixh secreates salivary amylase which helps in the proper mixation of food so that it becomes easier to digest....it also breaks down starch into sugar which easily digested by our body. Give thumbs up.

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The salivary amylase is a substanse which binds with the food and breaks it into simple food so that it is easy for it to go through the food pipe, and it also breaks down starch to sugar.

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 salivary amylase is an enzyme secreted by salivary glands. It mixes with the food that we eat and breaks down almost 30% of carbohydrate in the mouth itself.

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it is an enzyme in the saliva. which converts starch to sugar. 

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Salivary Emylase  is known by the other name as "Ptylin" . It is a enzyme present in the Saliva secreted by the Salivary glands . this enzyme changes the starch (form of food we eat) into glucose or sugar..

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